$96 Find Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores

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Cheapest round-trip
$213
Typical prices: $384-$246
Multiple Airlines
Tue 8/4Mon 8/10
BWI - PNS • 1 stop
Cheapest non-stop
$344
Southwest
Sat 6/6Sat 6/13
BWI - PNS • Non-stop
Arrival airport
You can't fly directly to Gulf Shores. It is served by Pensacola (PNS), located 34.4 miles from Gulf Shores.
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Cheap Flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores (WAS-PNS)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores

Tue, Aug 4 - Mon, Aug 10
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1:10 pm - 8:46 am
BWI
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PNS
20h 36m
1 stop
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4:10 pm - 6:32 pm
PNS
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BWI
25h 22m
1 stop
$213Multiple Airlines
Wed, Jul 15 - Mon, Jul 20
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7:27 pm - 1:59 pm
BWI
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PNS
19h 32m
1 stop
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:32 pm - 12:15 pm
PNS
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BWI
15h 43m
1 stop
$224Multiple Airlines
Thu, Sep 10 - Thu, Sep 17
Frontier Logo
3:20 pm - 4:33 pm
BWI
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PNS
26h 13m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
3:15 pm - 9:28 am
PNS
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BWI
17h 13m
1 stop
$228Frontier
Thu, Oct 1 - Mon, Oct 5
Frontier Logo
7:27 pm - 4:33 pm
BWI
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PNS
22h 06m
1 stop
Frontier Logo
5:30 pm - 6:32 pm
PNS
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BWI
24h 02m
1 stop
$234Frontier
Mon, May 25 - Fri, May 29
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6:05 am - 9:15 am
DCA
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PNS
4h 10m
1 stop
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7:15 am - 3:00 pm
PNS
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DCA
6h 45m
1 stop
$357Southwest
Thu, Jun 11 - Tue, Jun 16
Delta Logo
6:00 am - 1:04 pm
IAD
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PNS
8h 04m
1 stop
Delta Logo
9:23 am - 2:02 pm
PNS
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IAD
3h 39m
1 stop
$357Delta
Tue, May 26 - Thu, May 28
Southwest Logo
11:45 am - 7:00 pm
DCA
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PNS
8h 15m
2 stops
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1:15 pm - 10:50 pm
PNS
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DCA
8h 35m
2 stops
$359Southwest
Tue, Jun 9 - Sat, Jun 13
Delta Logo
3:02 pm - 6:31 pm
IAD
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PNS
4h 29m
1 stop
Delta Logo
6:25 pm - 12:44 am
PNS
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IAD
5h 19m
1 stop
$360Delta
Wed, Jun 24 - Sat, Jun 27
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6:20 am - 10:02 am
IAD
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PNS
4h 42m
1 stop
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5:22 am - 12:42 pm
PNS
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IAD
6h 20m
1 stop
$365American Airlines
Wed, Jul 8 - Wed, Jul 15
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8:20 am - 9:56 am
DCA
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PNS
2h 36mnonstop
American Airlines Logo
10:26 am - 1:59 pm
PNS
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DCA
2h 33mnonstop
$367American Airlines
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Good to know

Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$96
Best time to beat the crowds but there is an average 2% increase in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 4% lower on average.
Flight from Reagan Washington National Airport to Pensacola

When to book flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores?

    When flying out of Washington, D.C. you’ll be using one of these airports: Washington, D.C. Reagan-National or Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl. Gulf Shores does not have its own airport so you’ll be flying into nearby Pensacola airport, which is 34.4 mi away.

  • How long does a flight from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores take?

    Direct flights cover the 818 miles separating Washington, D.C. and Gulf Shores in about 2h 25m.

  • How many flights are there between Washington, D.C. and Gulf Shores?

    6 direct flights run between Washington, D.C. and Gulf Shores on a daily basis. On average, there are about 42 departures each week.

  • What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly between Washington, D.C. and Gulf Shores?

    Consider leaving on a Monday and avoid Saturdays if you are looking for the best rates. For your return to Washington, D.C., you’ll find the best rates on Tuesdays and the most expensive ones on Thursdays.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Gulf Shores from Washington, D.C. is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Gulf Shores with an airline and back to Washington, D.C. with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Gulf Shores from Washington, D.C. up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores?

    In the last 72 hours, the cheapest one-way ticket between Washington, D.C. and Gulf Shores found on KAYAK was with Delta for $96. Delta offered a round-trip connection from $200 and Southwest from $220.

Top tips for finding cheap flights from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores

  • There is no airport in Gulf Shores. Instead, you’ll be flying into Pensacola Airport when flying between Washington, D.C. and Gulf Shores.
  • The cheapest flight from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores was found 84 days before departure, on average.
  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be September, October and November. The cheapest month to fly is July.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Washington, D.C. to Gulf Shores? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
7.9
SouthwestOverall score based on 4302 reviews
8.1Boarding
8.0Comfort
8.6Crew
7.5Entertainment
7.0Food
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Plane was clean and comfortable. Flight attendants and gate staff were professional, friendly and efficient. Boarding and deplaning were orderly and efficient. All in all, the typical excellent Southwest experience.

10.0 ExcellentRobert, May 2026
LAS - SFO
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Plane was clean and comfortable. Flight attendants and gate staff were professional, friendly and efficient. Boarding and deplaning were orderly and efficient. All in all, the typical excellent Southwest experience.

Truly terrible. Will never willingly fly southwest again. Seats are worse than before they switched to assigned seating. One flight attendant was the opposite of helpful (rude, unhelpful, dismissive, and as my stranger seatmate said unprompted: a total prick). This caused me, 15 minutes into the flight, to book an alternate return flight home on a competing airline (first class 1.2k purchase instead of my existing planned flight) just so I would not have to ever be on that aircraft, with that terrible service person, with those horrific seats ever again.

Not having a five hour delay with little notice! The crew was very kind, though, and just as tired as we passengers were. The flight didn't depart until nearly 1 am...and no reason was ever given.

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

no service at all due to turbulence. they should've at least given us snacks, there were only 10 people on the entire flight.

First time I've had to use the disabled accommodations. And I could not have had a better experience with Southwest, i was having trouble getting from one terminal to another due to my heart failure. And the next thing I know a Southwest agent had made sure. I had a wheelchair at all my flights. Can't thank them enough.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Comfortable. Easy. No problems. Just wish they had gf options for snacks.

The crew was very kind and made going to Hawaii relaxing and fun to look forward to! Thank you Southwest for a pleasant flight!

This leg was much better, but we did have to have a 3 hour lay o er after coming from a very exhausting hiccup with our flight from BNA to Den

Much better than Latam, the worse airline company ever. I hope I don't have the need to fly Latam ever in my life again.

Seats in Delta Main are unbelievably close to the seat in front of. Hard to get a backpack under the seat.

The agent at check in and at the gate were less than thrilled to be at work. I'm not a fan of Kayak's placement on the plane. I got put in the middle seat and none of my preferences were used.

In ATL they have two sets of departure screens. Follow what is on your airline's departure board - the ATL Airport Authority departure board had completely incorrect details about the gate assignment for my flight, which would have made me miss boarding.

Flight was delayed it was hot while sitting on the plane, one engine was working on the plane until they had to do some jimmy rigging down the runway in order for the other engine to charge up. It was ridiculous

The flight was very good and the staff was very friendly and helpful!

The only thing I would say is we tried to get on a standby earlier flight, but with our fair we couldn’t. That seems senseless to leave with open seats..

Very easy to use and convenient, you can perform any action within the same portal

In a world of delays, Delta was on time both ways! Boarding was fast and efficient. Staff was friendly. AND wifi worked.

WiFi didn’t work. Flight delayed 3 hours Crew members were illiterate Seat lean back did not work.

The small flights with Valet Luggage has a poor service

Overall a good experience, however Wifi was not working on the flight.

THe flight was an hour late. You got us on the plan and we sat on the ground for 45 minutes with no information from the pilot whatsoever. Worst flight this year.

Going non stop to lax like I paid for. Not stopping in MCI for gas. Too long of delays

Human interaction. Thought there would be more service-even a smile would have been nice.

Incoming flight was delayed, delaying boarding. It then took 30 mins to take off. Took 20 mins to get to a gate because they changed the gate last minute, crew weren’t ready so there was no one staffed to work the jet bridge. Boarding was so disorganized as is usual with American because everyone just stands around the gate regardless of boarding group.

Delays with no explanation. It could have been handled better.

Flight delay for mechanical. Inbound arrived on time. No one said why mechanical delay.

Flight boarded, departed and landed on time. Excellent service from flight attendant in FIRST

This was one of the most frustrating travel experiences I've had to date. I had changed my flight day of to this one as it was slated to depart on time. It ended up being so delayed that my original flight took off before this one did. The boarding process began but eventually stopped and everyone had to get off the plane as a problem was identified. The person at the front desk just tried to laugh it off as if this wasn't already a huge inconvenience. From there, we eventually got to board only to sit at the gate for an additional hour because of some additional issue. This was extremely frustrating and caused a lot of stress.

Flights were canceled due to airline shutting down and haven’t received a reimbursement. Had to book last minute new flights which were expensive

My flight was canceled the morning of the flight. I had to rebook a flight with a different airline that cost me $900 out of my pocket

Had a flight change had to get a credit.will I get my money back.

Shut down without prior notice End up with spending lots of extra $$$

There was a crack in my window seal. And Spirit is now closed forever.

The company went out of business and now I'm stuck in Ft. Lauderdale. Would not recommend.

Spirit changed flight times by 12 hours with coming and going so I refunded tickets and drove

The airline cancel mi flight, lost a lot of money!!!

They closed the doors earlier than posted. I missed my flight with a slim 5 minutes bc they closed the doors earlier than earlier. My luggage never made it onto the flight and I had to find a new flight to Dallas bc the only option they could rebook me on was for leaving miami.

The agent cancel my flight without my consent. So the situation generate me a lot of troubles, specially because we were traveling with a baby

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